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The Minister of Culture Mindaugas Kvietkauskas expressed his condolences for the death of R. Jarockis on Tuesday, highlighting that his scientific work allowed us to better understand the end of the Iron Age and the High Middle Ages, the development of urban archeology and urban planning. , as well as rediscovering mounds “as very important cultural monuments of our culture.” “.
“No less significant is the work of Romas Jarockis in the Ministry of Culture in supervising the field of cultural heritage, memory institutions and international relations. In memory of his colleagues, he has remained constructive, respectful, tolerant, open to diverse opinions, ”said M. Kvietkauskas.
R. Jarockis acquired the specialty of archaeologist-museologist at Vilnius University, in 2002 he completed a joint doctoral program at the Lithuanian Institute of History and Vytautas Magnus University, and did an internship in Stockholm, Frankfurt am Main.
In 1990-2004, the researcher worked at the Institute of History of Lithuania, since 2003 – at the Institute of History and Archeology of the Baltic Region of Klaipėda University, he taught in the Department of History of the University, and in 2013- 2016 was Vice Minister of Culture.
His research interests are settlement archeology, the theory of urbanization processes, the development of settlements in the late Iron Age and the Middle Ages, and he focused on the Baltic Sea region.
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